Kholofelo Kugler is an international trade lawyer in Geneva, and a research fellow for the Trade Law 4.0 project at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland where she supports the development of the TAPED dataset and researches digital economy and AI regulation issues. She is also a non-resident scholar in the Africa Program of the Carnegie Endowment on International Peace. As an independent consultant, she has advised governments, development agencies, regional and international organizations, as well as private companies on various areas of trade and digital trade law. Kholofelo is a member of the AfCFTA Digital Trade Task Force. She lectures on trade law and digital trade law at academic and training institutions in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States. She is currently completing her PhD at the University of Lucerne on AI regulation under international trade law.